I have seen snow covered roads like this in Ukraine. We had to have a snow plow drag our van through the snow to reach an orphanage once. Had to pay him to come back for us also. It was well worth it.
William
I have seen snow covered roads like this in Ukraine. We had to have a snow plow drag our van through the snow to reach an orphanage once. Had to pay him to come back for us also. It was well worth it.
William
Facilities for Germans.
Facilities for Germans.
We will share some images of three of them.
First of all, the building of the City Command (Orts Kommandantur). We remember that it was almost opposite the side of the Smolensk Hotel on Hauptstrasse. It was installed in the building of a large bank and is currently the Central Bank of Russia.
On its front facade there was a notice board that local civilians came to check for job lists.
On the sidewalk almost in front of the door there were once the graves of two German soldiers.
I've gotten a pretty close photo of them.
From Sodatenheim, the soldier's home, I've literally only gotten a photo of the outside. I imagine that as Smolensk was a fairly important city, it must have had facilities of importance for the German soldiers.
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The last most peculiar and most photographed building of this group was that of the old synagogue of the city, built in 1909.
This religious building of the Jewish community of the city, was built with domes, but they were almost immediately eliminated by the protests of the Orthodox church at the time.
The forms of the synagogue mainly imitated Moorish architecture (horseshoe-shaped arches, openings with a stepped overlap on the lintel....).
In 1932, for the 15th anniversary of the Revolution, it was converted into a cinema: Cinema Number Fifteen. In 1941 it was renamed Cine October, but for a short time.
With the German invasion it continued to be used as a cinema.
The building suffered serious damage when the Germans withdrew.
It was rebuilt taking advantage of its structure, today it is a university faculty
We will see the reconstruction in more detail at the end of this thread, when we see how the buildings, we are talking about are today
Let's see some photos of the cinema made during the German occupation
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The truth is that I did not know very well where to place this photo....
Well friends, those of you who speak German correct me, but I think this sign may say: supply cut off.
I take this opportunity to say that I need a few days to continue classifying photos and writing texts. If you're enjoying the thread, the good news is that we're not halfway there yet.
Regards
Santi
Another one!
Last edited by TabsTabs1964; 12-31-2020 at 01:37 AM.
In this context it means Supply District. "Abschnitt" means sector in military German. Like in referring on a military map to a sector of the front, etc.by TABSTABS1964
Keep up the outstanding work!
Todd
Former U.S. Army Tanker.
"Best job I ever had."
Once again,
Excellent work and I'm glad to hear you are not even halfway there yet!!!!
Looking forward to the rest.
Thanks Santi!!!!!
Semper Fi
Phil
Thank you very much Todd !!
Now that sign makes some sense..
Thank you also Phil and rest of mates.
Keep safe!!!!
The central bridge
Before the capture of the city by the Germans, the Soviet sappers managed to blow up the central bridge over the Dnieper.
The red arrow indicates in the 1941 map the destroyed bridge
The bridge connected both sides of the city at the descent of the cathedral hill down the main avenue of the city (the Hauptstrasse of the occupants) on the south bank, and in front of the Church of St. Nicholas (Nikolaikirche) in the north shore.
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German postcard: "View of the dnieper in the Church of St. Nicholas"
The blasting was not a complete success, as the steel structure of the central span of the bridge broke on the north side, but continued to be supported by the central pillar on the south side.
Repairing the bridge would take time, and the Wehrmacht engineers knew how to do their job. After the 1940 campaigns, many bridges had to be rebuilt in Holland, Belgium and France.
But the need to connect both banks of the river required an immediate solution...
While the great engineering work of the repair of the bridge blown up by the Soviets, did not even begin. A specialized unit was commissioned to build a wooden bridge very close to the one destroyed to reopen traffic between both banks as soon as possible.
It seems that the task was carried out by Brückenbau Bataillon 84, at least that is what is proudly listed on the bridge sign.
Construction begins immediately
And the bridge was put into service in August 1941.
Construction began immediately. And it was put into service in August 1941.
The poster gives us a lot of information:
BrückenBau-Batl. 84
Länge: 168 m.
Breite: 8,90 m.
Hohe: 6,90 m.
Verbrauch an Holz: ca 5.500 kiefern
Verbrauch an Eisen: ca 10 t.
August 1941
Bridge Construction Batl. 84
Length: 168 m.
Width: 8.90 m.
Height: 6.90 m.
Wood consumption: approx. 5,500 pines
Iron consumption: approx. 10 t.
August 1941
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